NEWBURY BYPASS 1996 — Andrew Testa

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Early morning on the route of the Bypass. Protesters occupy trees after identifying which area the Police, Bailliffs and Tree Surgeons were targeting that day.

The eviction of ‘The Chase’, one of many camps set up along the route of the proposed Newbury Bypass. A 17 year old protester stands at the top of a Silver Birch tree after Bailiiffs cut off all the branches beneath her. She was left in the tree for

Protesters occupy trees ahead of advancing Bailliffs, Police and Tree Surgeons.

A lone protester walks alongside hundreds of security guards and police as they guard mechanical diggers that have been clearing trees along the route of the bypass.

Bailiffs force their way into a structure occupied by protesters on the route of the Bypass.

Police move in to break up a group of protesters sitting in front of Bulldozers and Diggers.

Bailiffs surround a protester who has her arm locked on to a block of concrete buried underground at the base of one of the trees earmarked for destruction

Police attempt a dawn raid on ‘Camelot’ the last camp on the route of the Bypass.

Security men guard a Digger.

As the clearance teams move on, protesters remain in the trees they managed to save.

The eviction of ‘The Kennet’. Protesters occupy a net suspended above the camp whilst trees are evicted and cut down around them.

Eviction of ‘The Kennet’. After managing to save a number of trees during the first day of the eviction, protesters attempt to block a bridge that provides the main access to the camp.

At the end of another day of route clearance, activists climb down a tree that they managed to save.

Police form a cordon around a camp they have just raided.

Security guards walk past felled trees

On the first anniversary of the clearing of the route, activists invaded the site and occupied cranes and diggers used in the construction of the road.